Study of Students Who Withdrew from Courses, Summer 1988-Spring 1990. Volume XIX, No. 5.

Autor/inn/en	Lucas, John A.; Meltesen, Cal
Institution	William Rainey Harper Coll., Palatine, IL. Office of Planning and Research.
Titel	Study of Students Who Withdrew from Courses, Summer 1988-Spring 1990. Volume XIX, No. 5.
Quelle	(1991), (36 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Quantitative Daten; Academic Persistence; Community Colleges; Comparative Analysis; Courses; Dropout Research; Dropouts; Enrollment Influences; Participant Satisfaction; Questionnaires; Student Attitudes; Student Characteristics; Trend Analysis; Two Year College Students; Two Year Colleges; Withdrawal (Education) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Community college; Community College; Kursangebot; Drop-out; Drop-outs; Dropout; Early leavers; Schulversagen; Fragebogen; Schülerverhalten; Trendanalyse; Kursabbruch
Abstract	A study was conducted at William Rainey Harper College (WRHC) to develop a profile of students who withdrew from courses between 1988 and 1990 and to compare this profile with the results of a 1986-88 withdrawal study. For the 2-year period studied, each degree credit student who officially withdrew from a course was asked to complete a survey form, indicating withdrawal status, whether a counselor had been consulted, principal reason for withdrawal, method of registration, and general comments. Between 1988 and 1990, 13.8% of the 162,000 course enrollments resulted in official withdrawals, representing a 0.3% increase in withdrawals over the 1988 cohort. An analysis of these withdrawals indicated the following: (1) one out of every five course withdrawals resulted in complete withdrawal from WRHC, although nearly 75% of the students who withdrew planned to return to WRHC one day; (2) nearly 30% of those withdrawing gave reasons completely beyond WRHC's control, and only 8% indicated WRHC as the primary cause for withdrawal; (3) the major reasons cited for withdrawals included personal, family, or health problems, too far behind/poor grades, inconvenient meeting times, or job pressures; (4) there continued to be a lower percentage of withdrawals during the summer semester than during the spring and fall semesters (10% versus 14%); (5) during the previous 2 years, 44% of the students withdrawing had never consulted a counselor; and (6) overall, younger students continued to have a higher withdrawal rate (17.9%) than students over the age of 25 (8.9%). Sample narrative responses and the survey instrument are included. (JMC)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC